This week the Armchair Philosophy Podcast tries to wrap its ugly head around ethics. From historical definitions, to actual citations of philosophers, to human rights and even all the way to objectivity of ethics, if this podcast doesn't make you more ethical then it's on you! Listen in and see if your own ethical purposes follow at all. Let us know if we've been unethical in our dealing of ethics, comments are always appreciated.
Armchair Philosophy Podcast Ep.004 "Ethics"
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Armchair Philosophy Podcast Ep.004 "Ethics"
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With the stated maxim "Let your actions only affect you, your properties, and consenting parties." I think they really, only a few rules are needed on top of it.
ReplyDelete1. Until one is and adult (we can choose some irrelevant line as to when this happens but basicly you get the idea) they need to be under care of adults.
2. People with mental conditions must be as well taken care of as we cannot let them act in their condition.
3. Once the maxim is broken by someone, they are not to be protected by the maxim.
4. Violence out side of punishment should only be used to globally defend the maxim.
My friends and I after coming up with this maxim have set our own rules and modifications (including a christian version)these are simply my rules. I will respond to any questions or critics if there are any.
Brett, could we really only account for our actions in so far as they affect consenting parties only? What if there are unknown and unintended consequences that occur to unconsenting parties (unconsenting being that they have no idea an effect is being done to them)? Does it violate your maxim then?
ReplyDeleteIf the action was made with good intentions and the unintended consequences are impossible to see from the perspective of the person making the action they really can't account for the consequences. An example: I donate to a charity, money given to homeless man, homeless man buys knife and mugs somebody. I couldn't have known that was going to happen so the action when it was taken was still good.
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